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I don't know that much about inner workings of the computer. Thanks in advance. I am having this exact same problem with my wireless laptop. This appears to be a Windows Update.

We have automatic updates on and when I went to turn my computer off on Feb. Just like all other system updates, it does a checkpoint in the restore and the updates install. When we turned on the computer the next day, IE does not work on my wireless laptop computer. Upon digging a little deeper, we noted that the files that system restore made a duplicate copy was were as follows: advpack.

But is sure looks like this update is not good. Please - we would appreciate any insight into this update. Until we can get it to work, we are not applying it. Are you sure this is a legit MS update? They used to have a 2. THey came out with the update about 3 months ago. The securitry update itself is NOT an update to the "software Distribution serive", so we kinda misspoke. Now, that all being said - their latest security updates for February of which there are about 10 , one of them is updating the files we mentioned - and upon doing the update, we cannot access the Internet via our wireless laptop.

They say, the error is occurring because the security software does not have their latest updates and it denies you access to the Internet. This is the first time this has happen to us - all other MS Security updates have been fine. I do not believe we should be subject to de-installing security software to then install MS updates.

Hope this information answers your question. You may have a third-party firewall which is preventing updated files such as iexplore. If tweaking your third-party firewall's settings don't help, try the following:. PA Bear - Thanks for the notes. We will give those a try to see if it works. Once they are applied, the connectivity goes away.

Other info - our main "server" machine has the updates applied and works fine. Ken and Fran. There is no-charge for support calls that are associated with security updates. When you call, clearly state that your problem is related to a Security Update and cite the update's KB number e.

PA Bear - Thanks again. You are correct. We called the PC Security number you referenced above. They acknowledged that for some reason, the updates provided in KB and KB were not compatible with our network for now.

I was able to do a system restore back to last week when the updates were not applied - and - system restore gave us a list of files that were changed due to the updates. I think I have listed them before. Once those files are restored- IE connection on the wireless laptop is obtained. Interestingly, we have two other PCs on the network, both desktops, and the problem KB's are both applied with no issue. The Security Center is aware of this issue - and they have told me they believe the next set of updates hopefully will fix the issue.

Thanks again, Ken and Fran. A simple Windows restore and turning off automatic updates works for me, but its annoying that I can't have auto updates on. At first I was annoyed at my ISP, but then after doing a bit of googling it appears that a lot of people are having problems with 'Software Distribution Service 3.

I hope someone can find away around this issue. Perhaps this is the known issue with zonealarm when the latest security updates are installed. Try turning Windows Firewall on and removing ZoneAlarm, see if the problem goes away. Are you talking about KB? This is a security update which Zone Alarm chokes on - ZA have released a fixed version, by the way - but it isn't called "Software Distribution Service 3.

Where did you see this string appear? Windows Vista users are not affected. Option 1: Move Internet Zone slider to Medium 1.

Navigate to the "ZoneAlarm Firewall" panel 2. Click on the "Firewall" tab 3. Move the "Internet Zone" slider to medium Option 2: Uninstall the hotfix 1. Click the "Start Menu" 2. Click on "Add or Remove Programs" 4. Select this checkbox 5. Scroll down until you see "Security update for Windows KB " 6. Click "Remove" to uninstall the hotfix "Bob Hinton" wrote:.

I believe I generated this question. It was my first ever post and it is kind of freaky to see it disappear - why is that? Its down to this update so why wont microsoft accept responsibility and tell us how to delete the darn thing instead of saying its this and that ie passing the buck!!!

I can't even see the thing in my list in add remove programs so totally Just had a rash of the same on my 2 identical laptops. One lost Internet connectivity, the other one did not power down correctly.

The one with connectivity problems could be rolled back to an earlier date, then KB was uninstalled - I also searched for the name, and deleted all files and folders with KB in the name. Works like a charm so far. Kind regards, Jurgen. Monday, December 20, PM. Thursday, January 24, PM. I'm sorry Actually, yes. In fact, if I were to guess at the most commonly installed third-party applications that require regular patching , in order of occurrence on business computers, it would look like this: Adobe Reader Java Runtime Environment Adobe Flash Apple iTunes Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Although, given the guidance of late regarding the JRE, 2 and 3 may have flip-flopped.

Saturday, February 2, PM. That sounds about correct for my environment. Only 4,5, and 6 I can count on one hand the number of computers that have those products installed. We do have about computers on our network. Monday, February 4, PM. I am working as a System admin in one of the college. I am able to receive windows update through WSUS to all my computers in the lab. Is that safe to do? I think you're right that another malware scanner is advisable, and I guess the System File Check can't hurt as long as it doesn't "fix" anything without my permission.

I want to get the cleanest, most reliable "restore" achieved, with the least room for error. What do you think?

NIS is a rather poor piece of software that is often incapacitated by malware. Even the best among these things miss many infections since more are released every day, so it is advisable to scan with more than one. Some of the symptoms you are having could be the result of a failing hard drive or memory module.

Those are also possibilities and could make for a failure of a restoration and loss of the system. It is possible to restore an older version of the registry with the methods you mention, but infections will remain. The chkdsk you have performed sounds sufficient to check your drive, but you might try a more thorough check. You will get a summary at the end that will tell you if bad clusters were found but it goes by very fast and you will need to press "Pause" to read the screen.

HD Tune is a free hard-drive tester that will give you a fast, fair analysis of your hard drive and check for bad sectors. It is not the best test in the world, but it rarely has false positives, only false negatives. So if it finds no bad clusters, your drive is probably OK. You can keep the ones you like, turn off their "real-time" scanning and scan when you like, or uninstall them after you get cleaned up.

If you'd prefer, you can run HijackThis , produce a log, and post it in the Malware forum. A Gold Shield will analyze it and help you clean any infections.

An alternative to an historical restore is a re-installation. A repair installation will replace all system files and registry entries, leaving your data untouched, but all Windows Updates and the Software Distribution will be gone and will need to be reinstalled. There are a lot of options.

But all are not perfect and you need a backup. Joined Feb 17, Messages I too am having problems that have to do with Software Distribution Service 3. Yesterday I did a restore and things were working again.

But when I shut down it just installeded 4 updates again before it shut off. This morning all I got was the opening screen and then just a blank screen. I don't see the answer to my problems here yet. I ended up discovering my problem was that Norton Internet Security was blocking System Restore from doing a restore. We had to turn off the NIS feature that protected Norton files from being modified.

It does not sound like that's your problem, though, but maybe it's worth checking. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck. Joined Jul 30, Messages 1. Last week I had a problem which turned out to be caused by Software Distribution Service 3. My problem was that Thunderbird couldn't access Cox's server. That fixed the problem. Several comments were made recommending HD service. I heartily subscribe to them all. In addition I have been using Steve Gibson's Spinrite for several years and highly recommend it.

See http: www. It doesn't harm any data on the HD. Spinrite 6. Steve has several free utilities which may help justify purchasing Spinrite. In my mind Spinrite needs no justification at all. I wouldn't be without it. I removed all Windows updates that were recently added.